· Diane McKinney-Whetstone's stunning historical novel, Lazaretto, begins in the chaotic back streets of post-Civil War Philadelphia as a young black woman, Meda, gives birth to a child fathered by her wealthy white employer. In a city riven by racial tension, the father’s transgression is www.doorway.ru: HarperCollins Publishers. Diane McKinney-Whetstone is the author of six novels. The latest—Lazaretto—was published Ap, as her first novel, the critically-acclaimed Tumbling celebrated twenty years. She mines the city of Philadelphia for her material. Diane McKinney-Whetstone's stunning historical novel, Lazaretto, begins in the chaotic back streets of post-Civil War Philadelphia as a young black woman, Meda, gives birth to a child fathered by her wealthy white employer. In a city riven by racial tension, the father’s transgression is unforgivable.
Diane McKinney-Whetstone's nationally bestselling novel, Tumbling, immersed us into Philadelphia's black community during the Civil Rights era, and she returns to the city in this new historical novel about a cast of nineteenth-century characters whose colorful lives intersect at the legendary Lazaretto—America's first quarantine hospital. Isolated on an island where two rivers meet. Lazaretto A Novel. by Diane McKinney-Whetstone. On Sale: 04/11/ Price: $ Listen to a Sample Enlarge Book Cover. Lazaretto A Novel. by Diane McKinney-Whetstone. On Sale: 04/11/ Lazaretto: A Novel View larger image. By: Diane Mckinney-Whetstone. Synopsis This stunning new novel from Diane McKinney-Whetstone, nationally bestselling author of Tumbling, begins in the chaotic backstreets of post-Civil War Philadelphia as a young black woman gives birth to a child fathered by her wealthy white www.doorway.ru a city riven by.
Lazaretto by Diane Mckinney-Whetstone challenges these questions and more. Lazaretto is based on America’s first quarantine hospital. T he Philadelphia Lazaretto was built in to inspect all passengers and cargo entering the local port for contagious illnesses and quarantine them if necessary. Diane McKinney-Whetstone's stunning historical novel, Lazaretto, begins in the chaotic back streets of post-Civil War Philadelphia as a young black woman, Meda, gives birth to a child fathered by her wealthy white employer. In a city riven by racial tension, the father’s transgression is unforgivable. McKinney-Whetstone's sixth novel (Trading Dreams at Midnight, , etc.) explores a fateful shooting that rocks the close-knit African-American community surrounding the Lazaretto Hospital in post–Civil War Philadelphia.
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